Illumination in Pure Devotional Service
This Sunday happened to be Śrī Janmāṣṭamī, the blessed Appearance Day of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It also happened to be the first day that my principal disciple Uddhava and Neville, another student from India, came to stay with us at our International Retreat Center in Mexico. So we had a devotee-style party!
Sunday Satsang 24 August 2008: Śrī Janmāṣṭamī
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In this Sunday Satsang we get into a deep discussion of the nature of the spiritual path. The spiritual master is the gateway to the spiritual world, because he is the representative of the Lord. Therefore the path to spiritual success lies in understanding the spiritual master’s instructions and executing them properly. The online students also asked very nice questions in this satsang.
Sunday Satsanga August 17: \”I am the Gate\”
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In this Evening Darshan we discuss how aberrated communication develops in groups such as religious organizations, and how it affects the people who are exposed to it. For those who are interested in this subject, there is an elaborate technical discussion on our Transontology site, especially here and here.
Evening Darshan 11 August 2008: Dangers of Sociopathic Communication
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In this Sunday Satsang we discuss what Vedānta-sūtra has to tell us about the four paths of the soul after death. Pious souls go by the path of the moon to serve the forefathers; those with transcendental knowledge but not yet self-realized go via path of the sun and serve the devas; those who are sinful go to the planet of Yamaraja where they are judged and punished. All of these return to the earth planet, after their enjoyment or punlishment is complete, by entering the rain and food plants, being eaten by a male and injected into the womb of the female. The pious sould take birth in human families; but the impious are born in the animal, insect and plant species, where they take borth and die again and again before being allowed to take human birth again. The fourth category is the fully self-realized devotees, who go directly or inirectly to the spiritual world. They never take both in this material world again.
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This Evening Darshan starts with a question from Florian about my recent post on how Vedānta-sūtra describes the Mechanism of Astrology. We go on to discuss General and Special Relativity, the fundamental power of light, the inner structure of Vedānta-sūtra, big changes I feel coming, and how to hypnotize cats. 
Choṭa out like a light
Evening Darshan 8 August 2008: Light is the Controller
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While Uddhava was here we had some long, sweet kīrtans, so we thought we’d record one and share it with you.
Evening Darshan 2 August 2008: Long Sweet Kirtan
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We start out talking about Kalki-avatara, astrological influences, the illusion of materialistic life, motivation for chanting, the material disease, sectarian philosophy and Vedānta-sūtra, standard Vedic philosophy, Kṛṣṇa’s mood of enjoyment, and many other things including Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful hair.
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